Fabian GiesenOct 3, 2023
I just whined about this elsewhere, but this makes a good post, so:
1. a very good feature of default Win32 message boxes is that they implement Ctrl-C to copy the error message and window title into the clipboard (formatted and everything)
2. way too few people know this, and accordingly, custom message boxes basically never implement this
3. if you work on custom UI libraries that have some message box facility, you should!
Show threadMatthew
@rygorous Or...and I know I'm preaching UX maximalism in an era when feature-shrouding design is the dominant ethos...devs could include a "COPY" button, which could help with point #2. 🤔
Oct 3, 2023 at 5:26amWeb
Show threadJavierOct 3, 2023

@ironmaus @rygorous

Sounds like a good idea... but given that now I've started getting code snippets from personal developers as screenshots of their editor... I really don't understand how people think.

Show threadDominik GrabiecOct 3, 2023
@javierg @ironmaus @rygorous I got that too, pasted screenshots of code and error dialogs in Slack instead of code or text. I think it may be because it is easier to use a snipping tool than to cut and paste exact text, it they are just used to doing that.
Show threadProfessor Emeritus Blake Y RatOct 3, 2023

@javierg @ironmaus @rygorous Windows-Shift-S is way quicker than copy-paste, format-as-code, select correct language for highlighting...

Unless the person needs to actually EDIT and return the code, screenshots are way quicker and easier to get correctly formatted and color-coded snippets to them.

Show threadMIGRATED TO: [email protected]Oct 3, 2023
@ironmaus @rygorous i don't see why you can't just make the text in your message boxes selectable at the very least